To battle the COVID-19 coronavirus, Singapore mobilized a system of state control that is one of the most efficient in the world. Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic: - Japan state of emergency - Japan's prime minister proposed a state of emergency for several major regions seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as well as a stimulus package worth $1 trillion to cushion the impact on the world's third-biggest economy. 460 thousand businesses close in China In the Land of the Rising Sun, the measure affects large centers. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other remaining areas on Monday, ending the restrictions nationwide as businesses begin to … Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrants. Coronavirus: Japan mulls state of emergency. Japan's state of emergency to combat the coronavirus, initially scheduled to be lifted on May 31, will be maintained in metropolitan Tokyo for now.
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After weeks of downplaying the coronavirus pandemic, Japan is now under a nationwide state of emergency. [MELBOURNE] Australia's second most populous state Victoria on Sunday extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19, as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pick-up in community transmission. Panel of experts ask Japan to continue restrictions despite slowing virus

Coronavirus Abe instructs state of emergency to be extended around a month.